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Archives :: World News and Views :: Asia/Pacific
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May 24, 2013
Shin-Etsu Chemical has acquired the 50% stake it did not already own in Asia Silicones Monomer (ASM; Rayong, Thailand) from General Electric Co.(GE) for 15 billion Japanese yen ($147.4...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/thailand/Shin-Etsu-buys-GE-out-of-silicones-monomer-jv-in-Thailand_52278.html May 24, 2013
Trade talks between China and the European Union over the price of solar panels exported from China to the European Union have reached an impasse, according to various European and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Reports-EU-China-fail-to-reach-agreement-in-solar-panel-trade-talks_52264.html May 24, 2013
India’s Ministry of Commerce & Industry (New Delhi) says that it is taking action in order to ensure that active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) exported from India into...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/india_pakistan/India-outlines-API-export-norms-to-comply-with-new-EU-regulations_52287.html May 24, 2013
Zuari Agro Chemicals (Goa) has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it is unable to re-start its ammonia and urea facility following completion of a maintenance turnaround due to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/india_pakistan/Water-shortage-prevents-re-start-of-Zuaris-fertilizer-complex-in-Goa_52282.html May 24, 2013
Air Liquide says it has signed a long-term contract with Fujian Shenyuan New Materials Co. to supply industrial gases for its caprolactam production project at the Lianjiang Kemen...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Air-Liquide-to-supply-industrial-gases-to-caprolactam-project-in-China_52281.html May 23, 2013
Songwon Industrial (Ulsan, South Korea) reports a more than 7-fold increase in net profits for the first quarter compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, to 7.72...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/Songwon-reports-huge-rise-in-quarterly-profits_52259.html May 23, 2013
BASF says that it will build a new formulation and packaging plant for crop protection products at Rudong, China. The plant, which will have a production capacity of 10,000 m.t./year...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/BASF-to-build-crop-protection-products-facility-in-China_52255.html May 23, 2013
SCG Chemicals, the chemical subsidiary of Siam Cement Group (SCG; Bangkok), reports a more than doubling in profits for the first quarter of 2013 compared with the year-ago quarter, to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/taiwan/Siam-Cements-chemicals-unit-reports-huge-rise-in-profits_51673.html May 23, 2013
Leading Korean chemical companies report mixed financial results for the first quarter of 2013. LG Chem posted a 10.6% decline in net profits for the first quarter compared with the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/Korean-companies-report-mixed-results-for-the-first-quarter_51672.html May 23, 2013
DuPont is expanding its microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) product lines through an extended agreement with Mingtai Chemical (Bade City, Taiwan), a leading manufacturer of MCC. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/taiwan/DuPont-inks-MCC-deal_51692.html May 23, 2013
Clariant will build a pigment preparations plant at Tangerang, Indonesia, as part of a series of investments to strengthen support for customers in China, India, and Indonesia. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/indonesia/Clariant-invests-in-pigments-in-Indonesia-China-and-India_51676.html May 22, 2013
The European Union will impose provisional antidumping duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia, according to various media reports. Argentinean biodiesel will face a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/indonesia/EU-to-impose-dumping-duties-on-biodiesel-from-Argentina-Indonesia_52234.html May 22, 2013
The European Union decided during a plenary session at Strasbourg, France, to let lapse a set of antidumping duties on polyethylene terephthalate (PET), imposed in 2000 on product...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/thailand/Report-EU-lets-antidumping-duties-lapse-on-PET-from-5-Asian-countries-renews-antisubsidy-duty-on-PET-from-India_52232.html May 22, 2013
Kingfa Sci & Tech (Guangzhou, China) has entered into an agreement to buy a majority stake in Hydro S&S Industries (Chennai, India), the companies tell the Bombay Stock...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/india_pakistan/Kingfa-to-buy-majority-stake-in-Indian-auto-compounds-maker-Hydro-S-and-S_52230.html May 22, 2013
Commercial operation at Evolue plant will begin in 2015 Mitsui Chemicals says that Prime Evolue Singapore, a joint venture of Prime Polymer (Tokyo) and Mitsui & Co., has today...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/singapore/Mitsui-Chemicals-breaks-ground-on-metallocene-polymer-plant-in-Singapore_52225.html May 22, 2013
Ineos Nitriles has signed a heads of terms agreement with Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group to create an equally owned joint venture to produce acrylonitrile, the company announced...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Ineos-Nitriles-and-Tianjin-Bohai-to-form-acrylonitrile-joint-venture_52222.html May 22, 2013
Mitsubishi Plastics (Tokyo) says that it has acquired a 50% stake in Aquamit (Amsterdam) from the Quadrant Founders Group, and that Aquamit became a wholly owned subsidiary of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsubishi-Plastics-acquires-full-ownership-of-engineering-plastics-business_52220.html May 21, 2013
Chemtura says it has acquired UP Chemical’s (Pyeongtaek, South Korea) 50% stake in their DayStar Materials (Pyeongtaek) joint venture. DayStar was formed in 2011 as a 50-50 jv of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/Chemtura-LED-buyout_52119.html May 21, 2013
India is cutting subsidies on phosphate and potash fertilizers in the fiscal year that began on 1 April in an effort to reduce its fiscal deficit. The Indian government announced...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/india_pakistan/India-cuts-phosphate-and-potash-subsidies_52101.html May 21, 2013
Most leading Japanese chemical companies reported lower earnings and sales for the fiscal year, ended 31 March. The slowing global economy; weak demand in overseas markets, including...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Japanese-companies-report-lower-earnings_52092.html |
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